PTC 394 Course at a Glance
Complex Problems in Counseling
Lecturing Faculty:
Effective for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
Course Description
This course will bring the lens of Scripture and hope of God’s redemptive perspective to complex problems of human suffering and sin. We will explore topics with a careful nuance that seeks to truly understand the experience of what it is like to live as an embodied soul who wrestles with deep distress, profound brokenness, or an entrenched sin pattern with the hope of meeting strugglers with compassion, grace, and biblical truth.
Books to Purchase
The books listed below are required readings which students should acquire by the start of the term. Additional required readings will be listed in the course syllabus and available electronically in Canvas.
Estimated Workload
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Course Assignments
The assignments listed below are provided for general guidance for students to reference as they plan and register. Please reach out to support@wts.edu if you have any questions.
- Response Paper #1 (1.5 pages)
- Response Paper #2 (2 pages)
- Response Paper #3 (2 pages)
- 8 Part Complex Problem Project:
- Part 1 Pick A Complex Problem (1pg)
- Part 2 Fact Sheet (1pg)
- Part 3 Knowing the Person (5 min video response)
- Part 4 Knowing Scripture I (1-2pgs)
- Part 5 Liturgy for a Struggler (1 pg)
- Part 6 Knowing Scripture II (2 pgs)
- Part 7 Speaking to the Struggle Two (1-2 min videos)
- Part 8 Speaking to the Struggler (4 short videos)